The subject of this dissertation is a detailed experimental study of the stress-strain-strength behavior of saturated sand under three-dimensional loading condition.The investigation was carried out in a cubic triaxial and a conventional apparatuses. The cubic triaxial apparatus has the advantage of independently controlling the magnitude of the three principal stresses (sigma1, sigma2, sigma3 ) under drained and undrained conditions. Reconstituted specimens of calcareous sand were used in all tests reported in this thesis.The specimens were prepared by pluviation of the sand in destilled water. Special tests were performed following different 3D stress paths. The experimental program was designed for checking the influence of each stress parameter individually. The effects of the inicial anisotropy of sands, caused by the water pluviation method, were also investigated.The results of the drained tests show that the shearing and volumetric strains are larger under axysimmetric than under plane strain condition. In undrained tests this observation would be equivalent to obtaining larger porepressure under axysimmetric conditions. The anisotropic behavior of sands is also noted in tests with different directions (alfa) of the major principal stress. In tests where alfa = 90 Celsius degrees ( direction of load perpendicular to pluviation) the variations in volumetric and shearing strains are much more accentuated than for alfa = 0.The experimental program also shows that the stress-strain behavior of uncemented calcareous sands is not significantly different from the behavior of quartz sands, which are more common in Brazil.